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Over 10 percent of the 518,387 registered voters in El Paso cast their ballot in the November 4th election, according to the county elections department. El Pasoans voted mostly in favor of all 17 proposed amendments to the state constitution.

A judge has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for assisting in the death of an inmate at the El Paso County Jail Annex nearly two years ago. Cristian Carrillo pleaded guilty to murder on November 4th, according to the El Paso County District Attorney’s Office.

The Texas Gas Service will hold a series of community meetings to explain the utility’s proposed 27 percent rate increase for residential users. The city of El Paso has spent nearly $1 billion dollars on capital improvement projects throughout the city over seven years.

Celebrations of the Jewish Holiday Hanukkah begin this weekend. A West El Paso Synagogue will host a public lighting of a Menorah to commemorate the holiday. KTEP’s Aaron Montes spoke with Rabbi Levi Greenberg of Chabad El Paso about Hanukkah and celebrations this weekend.

El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar said Immigration and Customs Enforcement will have a new detention facility in East El Paso County. Escobar said a private corporation received nearly $30 million dollars through a no-bid federal contract to increase detention space including another facility.

We’re learning more about the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to expand detention space across the country. El Paso's Congresswoman Veronica Escobar says a private company received nearly $30 million from the federal government to design the new centers and the project includes another facility in El Paso.

ICE is reporting another death at the massive detention camp here in El Paso. A Nicaraguan man is the third person to die in custody at the tent facility run by a private contractor.

A single vehicle roll over has brought traffic to a halt on Interstate 10 in Hudspeth County, according to the Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Office. The roll over happened near the Sierra Blanca Border Patrol checkpoint.

The Public Service Board approved El Paso Water’s new Water and Wastewater rates for 2026 today. El Paso Water says all residents living in the Northeast and portions of Central have service and adequate water pressure after a main break interrupted access over the weekend.

More than 100,000 people in the Northeast and portions of Central El Paso will remain under a boil water notice as crews work to repair a broken water main. The notice will remain in effect for at least another day though thousands of households have regained water service with adequate pressure, El Paso Water officials announced.